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Missouri compromise
Drew a line of slavery/no slavery at the 36 degrees 30' line and the Ohio river. -
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Civil war causes
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Wilmot Proviso
Said all land gained from Mexican war can be open to slavery. -
California Statehood
California applies for statehood as a free state. -
Fugitive slave law
Law that stated runaway slaves in north must be given back to south. The north did not comply or enforce this. -
uncle tom's cabin published
Harriot Beecher Stowe wrote this to inspire slavery- opposing anger. -
Onsted manifesto
A message that was leaked to the public saying the U.S. would seize Cuba if not sold to them, and north saw it as a slavery territorie soon-to-be. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Said that in Kansas, Nebraska, and any new state would decide slave/free on popular soverighnty. -
The beating of Charles sumner
Preston Brookes beat Charles Sumner on the senate floor with a cane. -
raid on Lawrence, Kansas
Pro-slavery activists attacked Abolitionists in the town of Lawrence. -
John Brown's raid on Pottawatomie, Kansas
John Brown retaliated against the attck on Lawrence with an attack on the small river town of Pottawatomie, Kansas. -
Dred Scott decision
The decision saying that a free slave could never be a U.S. citizen. -
Lincoln-douglas debate
Lincoln v.s. Douglas on the constitutionalism of slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President of the U.S.
Lincoln elected by 40%, rest of votes spread between different southern canidates. -
South Carolina seceeds
South Carolina declares it's independence from the Union. -
Fort Sumter attacked bloodlessly
South Carolina shells a fort without any killing.
